Hair curler



Dec. 30, 1924. 4 .1,520,933

G. G. coNDoN HAIR 'CURLER Filed oct. '7, 1922 'IIlr1lll/IIIllllllllllum/IIIHIII.L III/11110111111111011111. 1' ,411f-.1,11ullnfpfflfllrfllff.llf' 11'11".1'11'1". 111111111111111 atroz www Patented Dec. 30, 1924.

UNITED STATES GERTRUDE G. CONDON, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

HAIR CUR-LER.

Application led October 7, 1922. Serial No. 593,080.

To all lwhom z't may cof/wem:

Be it known that I, GERTRUDE G. CoNDoN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident o f Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hair curlers, and particularly to a curler designed primarily for use in curling what is known as bobbed hair, and it has for an object the provision of novel means whereby the ends of hair may be clamped or held while the hair is being wrapped around the curler; and the said invention ,furthermore has for an object the provision of means for holding the hair clamping elements in operative relation to each other, and the provision of novel means for preventing unwinding or unwrappng of the hair after the curler has been app 1e It is a further object of this invention to provide a curler of the character indicated which can be readily removed -from the curl Without unwinding the same, so that the effect of the curling action will not be impaired or unduly affected as the curler is removed.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a curler comprising comparatively few parts that will be durable as well as inexpnsive to manufacture. ith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describingthe invention in detail, reference will be had` to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote correspending parts in the several views, and in whichI Figure 1 illustrates a view in perspective of a curler embodying the invention;

Figure 2 illustrates a sectional view thereof;

Figure 3 illustrates a view in elevation of the curler in operative position, partly in section; and

Figure 4 illustrates an enlarged sectional ,l view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In these drawings, 5 denotes what might l be termed the body of the curler'which preferably comprises a textile coverin for a core 6, the said core being of relative y rigid and yet pliable metal in order that it will retain its shape when bent, as will presently appear.

A clamping element or plate 7y is partially l imbedded in the body, but it has an exposed end terminating in an eye 8 which acts as a guard for the loop or clip 9 which is slidable on the plate 7. The plate preferably has an integral tongue or coacting clamping element 10 which is movablev so that it Will assume the position shown in Fig. 1 when the hair is to be inserted between the said tongue and body or plate, and said tongue is engaged by the loop or clip, in order that it maybe retained in operative position with relation to the coacting parts of the curler.

After the device has been adjusted to the position shown in Figure 1, the curler is turned to wind the hair around the said curler, and thereafter, the ends of the body arel bent to overlie the clamp and the ends overlie each other, as fully shown in Fig. 3, a condition which prevents unwinding of the hair, or the displacement of the curler therefrom.

Vhen the curler has been in place a re-.

quired time, it can be readily removed from the curl by straightening the ends of the body and releasing the tongue so that it may be removed axially of the loop of the curl without disturbing the hair.

The provision of the combined pliable body and clamping device insures a more satisfactory result, in that the curler can be manipulated in applying it and removin 1t from the hair, and it can be held in p ace against unwinding by the simple expedient indicated.

As shown in Fig. 2, the plate 7 is partially imbedded under a layer of fabric, and the tongue is shown Aas being formed as a con?V tinuation of the plate by reason of the formation of the loop 11. j

It might be possible,'by the use of a pmtle, to hinge the tongue to the plate, but the construction shown is a simpler form, and by this construction, the body and tongue can be made by the stamping processes, and' hence the cost of production will be less than that attending the manufacture where a hinge joint is madeat the junction of the plate and tongue.

I claim:

In a hair curler a body comprising a, relatively rigid pliable core, a textile coverlng therefor, a clamping plate comprising a strlp 53 a Leadeee of metal doubled on itself and shorter than the body, one overlappin portion of the plate being .partially imbeed in the textile covering of the core, the said portion which is partially imbedded terminating in an eye constituting a guard,` a loop slidable on t e ending end of the partially imbedded portion having its movement limited by the meterial ormin the e e, the other overlying section of t e sai plate constituting a A clamping tongue adapted to press hair into engagement with the textile covering' inl which a portion of the clamping plate is imbedded, and having an extension adapted to receive the loop for holding portions of the clamping plate in operative relation to each other, the ends of the body projecting beond the clamping plate being adapted to e bent over the body and engage hair Wound on the body for preventing unWindat)v ing of the hair held by the curler.

- GERTRUDE G. CONDON. 

